The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. ... During World War II he served in the Royal Navy as commander of a rocket ship. ... For nearly 50 years after World War II, the U.S.S.R. and the United States engaged in a race for arms supremacy. ... Golding uses the names of two of the boys as if to say "This is how things really would have happened."" ... Contemporary developments in world politics also played a large part in The Heart of Darkness. ...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

His father, Vlad II was given the title of Dracul by King Sigismond of Hungary. ... In two words unorthodox and horrific. ... Then in a deliberate manner this tyrant and killer did the following: he took some big iron nails and planted them in a circle in the head of each ambassador. ... Many of these aspects were utilized as part of Dracula's main attempt to frighten and provoke the Turks. ... Judging from several prints, men, women, and children were also impaled through the heart, the navel, the stomach, and the chest. ...

• Word Count: 5177
• Approx Pages: 21

It was not commerce that made him undertake and risk the hazards of a voyage but something bigger, something more ambitious. ... Heavy-hearted, he reached Bombay and got him self-enrolled in the Bombay high court in 1897.The business of his father was in complete ruin. ... The negative attitude if the Congress broke his heart. ... Now I am of the opinion that Hindu-Muslim Unity cannot exist. I can neither do something for India nor can change the mi...

• Word Count: 7455
• Approx Pages: 30
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As Walcott is divided in two, so too is the poem. The first two stanzas refer to the Kenyan conflict, while the second two address the war within the poet-as-outsider/insider, between his roles as blood insider but geographical outsider to the Mau Mau Uprising. ... Lines 26-33 This stanza is a change of scene from primarily that of Africa, to that of the poet. ...

• Word Count: 4862
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate